GBSS's Group B Strep Conference

We are delighted our 2023 virtual conference, Group B Strep in Pregnancy and Babies will be on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.

This will be an informative and inspiring event, featuring presentations and panel discussions with leading experts in the field, including Dr Carol Baker, Prof Philip Steer, Prof Paul Heath and Dr Caroline Trotter. Families will share their experiences and there’ll be online networking opportunities.

Over 550 delegates registered for our 2022 conference: doctors, midwives, nurses, public health specialists and of course families. All presentations and panel discussions will be recorded and available online to delegates for three months after the event.

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Jimmy

Mike searched the GBSS website for information when his son Jimmy became ill just two hours after he was born. Here Mike shares his story.

“Whilst holding him, he had his first seizure and stopped breathing…

...Holding Jimmy’s first babygrow and his little hat, I walked down the hospital corridor…

…trying to compute what had just happened and what I would tell his mum Sophie.

Two days after Jimmy was born, we were informed that Sophie had tested positive for group B Strep and he had contracted group B Strep infection during labour. We had never now thriving, having made a full recovery, and thankfully having no lasting effects.”

Today Mike is a member of the charity’s Parent Advisory Panel, working to ensure his traumatic experience is not shared by other expectant parents.